Friday, April 10, 2009

Birthday Tea Two

I still have the photos I took from the birthday tea that my two friends took me on - though not as many as I would like. Alas I'm rather a dismal photographer, and the photos often come up looking not too useful as reference photos. But I decided I would give one more a try. This was done on my new usual support of 9x12 Art Spectrum.

It was a bit of a pain in the neck as everything was rather *small* on a sheet that size. I hate fiddling with tiny details like that, so this took a couple hours or better, much more time than I really like to spend on one single painting. But now there are two paintings. I guess if I can do a third it will really be a bit of a "series". LOL.

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Debbie has loved nature and drawing since early childhood, and spent a lot of time drawing and coloring - mostly animals, and visiting art museums, encouraged by an artistic and nature-loving mother. At age 11 she won an art scholarship of a year’s free lessons at the Montclair Art Museum.

But Debbie veered away from art in her teen years. Her interests lay in more classical drawing, and more representational interpretations, all of which were totally out of vogue, and totally untaught, in those teen years. In her 20s she turned to quilting, and spent many years making quilts, primarily her own original designs.

But she still missed drawing, painting, and the fine arts, and in 2005 began to pursue this passion again. She discovered pastels and finally found an art medium she could love.

From 2005-2011 she continued to take lessons with Master Pastelists – first Alex Piccarillo at the Montclair Art Museum (Life drawing, figurative art) and later with Christina Debarry (still lifes and landscapes) at her home studio. Debbie owes a huge debt of gratitude to both Alex and Christina, to their fine teaching skills and warm personalities.